[Blurb]
Lu Wan, a lazy college student, stayed up late reading a novel on a certain website and transmigrated into the story as the evil female antagonist, the Eldest Princess of the Qing Kingdom.
The System tells her that if she wants to go home, she must win over with genuine affection the male lead, who loves her but cannot have her and was imprisoned and driven to darkness by her.
Lu Wan: ...All I have to do is be sincere? Are you sure?
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The original male lead, Xie Chenyuan, is a bona fide yandere. He's following the classic male-lead comeback story, blessed with destiny and fortuitous opportunities as he rises from a convict slave in a princess's household to become the emperor.
And the first thing he does after rising to power is execute her, the evil female antagonist.
On the day Xie Chenyuan ascends the throne, she is tortured to death by a thousand cuts before the gathered masses. Her head is hung on the city wall to dry. It's a truly gruesome death.
Meanwhile, he stands atop the city wall with his beloved in his arms, accepting the adoration of the masses with a calm, unruffled expression.
And so she becomes a stepping stone on the male lead's path to success.
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Gasping, Lu Wan takes a deep breath.
It's fine. Based on all her years of reading novels, in situations like this, all she needs to do is go back to the male lead's childhood, cling to his coattails, and change his heart by saving him.
But the System says she has returned to the exact moment when she imprisoned Xie Chenyuan and beat him until his skin was torn and his flesh bruised.
In short...
The original host abused him, and she's the one who has to take the blame.
"???" Lu Wan forces a smile, grits her teeth, and says, "You son of a... If you want me dead, just say so. You don't have to assign me a mission for it."
Reader's guide:
1. The male lead is genuinely dark-hearted and yandere, and his methods are quite cruel.
At first, he really does want to kill the female lead. Later, he really is gradually moved by her.
2. The author is terrible at writing blurbs. This version will do for now; I'll revise it before the book launches. Screenshot taken on 2024/7/16.
Theme: Love means both imprisonment and letting go
